Performing child protection: Home visiting, movement and the struggle to reach the abused child

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 471-480

  Ferguson, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child deaths; Child protection; Containment; Emotions; Home visiting; Mobilities; The body

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350435661     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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